Senior Leadership Team
Our leaders who drive habitats mission of providing everyone with a decent place to live.


David Crawford
Chief Executive Officer
David J. Crawford serves as CEO of Dallas Area Habitat for Humanity. Mr. Crawford is a 35-year consumer and business services executive. He started his career with American Home Shield and had progressive career advancement leading to his appointment as President/COO from 2006 to 2012. Mr. Crawford was then recruited to CEO of Service America Enterprise, one of Florida’s largest residential/commercial HVAC, appliance and plumbing companies. In 2016, he came to Dallas to be the President of Miner National Service, a facility services company. Mr. Crawford has served on several nonprofit boards including the Memphis Habitat for Humanity from 2009 to 2013 and the Memphis Orpheum Theatre.

Mark Brown
Chief Operating Officer of Construction
Mark is a graduate of Baylor University and currently resides in Plano, Tx with his wife.

Sandra Miller
Chief Financial Officer
Sandra Miller is the Chief Financial Officer for Dallas Area Habitat for Humanity. Sandra leads the financial, IT, and mortgage operations for the company. Sandra spent 18 years at various publicly held companies with annual revenues ranging from $4 billion to $15 billion within the construction, manufacturing/technological, and retail industries. Most recently, she held the position of Vice President Finance for Texas Central Partners. Sandra started her career at Deloitte & Touche, LLP in their Northeast Ohio practice remaining there for 6 years. In addition to the above, she held the role of Chief Financial Officer for a start-up nonprofit healthcare facility for 3 years and was responsible for setting up the accounting and IT functions in addition to negotiating Medicare/Medicaid reimbursement rates as well as area hospital sponsorships.
Sandra has also held leadership positions on several nonprofit boards such as the Canton Museum of Art, Pegasus Farms (equine therapy services), Rotary Club, and Leadership Stark County.

Cory Hohweiler
Senior Vice President of ReStores
Before joining Dallas Area Habitat for Humanity, Cory held the position of Purchasing Manager at a “Top 100” U.S. home builder where he developed several successful cost-cutting initiatives as well as helped develop new lines of product. He also began volunteering on Habitat projects and was very excited when the opportunity arose to join Habitat as a full time employee.
A graduate of the University of Oklahoma, Cory now resides in Denton, Texas with his wife and three kids.

Donisha Santiago-Anderson
Vice President of Human Resources
Donisha Santiago-Anderson is responsible for the implementation of strategies that enable Dallas Area Habitat for Humanity to attract, hire, train, develop and retain the best talent. She is passionate about building a culture and environment that is engaging, empowering, motivating and ripe for innovative solutions. Prior to Dallas Area Habitat for Humanity, she held various positions in human resources with experience in all facets of HR including recruiting and onboarding, benefits administration, employee relations and employee/management training and development. Donisha holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration with a concentration in HR Management and a Masters in Health Administration (MHA) from Governors State University. She is a Certified Professional in Human Resources (PHR), SHRM Certified Human Resources Professional (SHRM-CP) and is a certified Strategic HR Business Partner (sHRBP) by the Human Capital Institute. Donisha is a member of the Society for Human Resources Management and Dallas HR.

Carmen Holmes
Vice President of Development
Carmen is a native Texan with 25 years of experience in the non-profit sector, most recently serving as executive director of multiple local chapters of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. She has also held positions with the Muscular Dystrophy Association, and successfully cultivated key relationships and garnered financial support from grassroots donors to major corporate partnerships, at each organization.
She is a graduate of Stephen’s College in Columbia, Missouri. When she’s not in the office, she enjoys spending time outdoors cycling and hiking, along with cooking and spending time with her husband of 20 years and three teenage children.

Gail Misener
Vice President of Volunteer Programs
During her time at Dallas Habitat, she has managed the compliance of the HUD Neighborhood Stabilization II grant of $32M, and the awarding of City of Dallas funding totaling $2.16M for 68 homes. In her current role, she is responsible for overseeing volunteer construction, volunteer management, and minor home repair programs. This includes ensuring all volunteer constructed homes are built on-time, on budget, and to Dallas Habitat for Humanity’s high-quality standards. Annual production is between 25 and 35 homes. Gail is a member of the North Lake College Construction Management Industry Advisory Board.

Blaine Cowart
Vice President Homeowner Services

Liz Phillips
Vice President Marketing Communications
Liz is a graduate from the University of North Texas and the University of Valencia in Spain. She loves to travel, read and spend time with her family.